epitome

单词音标

epitome音标[i\'pitәmi]

汉语翻译

n. 概要, 缩影, 象征

英语解释

名词 epitome:

a standard or typical example

同义词：prototype, paradigm, image

a brief abstract (as of an article or book)

例句

He is the epitome of diligence.

他是勤勉的典型。

He is a vast library in epitome.

他脑中有万卷藏书。

详细解释

e.pit.o.me

n.（名词）

A representative or an example of a class or type:

典型：一类或一群的代表或范例：

例句：

.He is seen . . . as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual.(Paul Kennedy)

.他被看作是鹰派的自我为中心的知识分子的典型.(保罗·肯尼迪)

A brief summary, as of a book or an article; an abstract.

梗概：一本书或一篇文章的大致总结；摘要

来源：

Latin epitomô [a summary]

拉丁语 epitomô [总结]

from Greek [an abridgment]

源自 希腊语 [缩写本]

from epitemnein [to cut short]

源自 epitemnein [缩短]

epi- [epi-]

epi- [前缀，表.在…前.]

temnein [to cut] * see tem-

temnein [切] *参见 tem-